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3	''Il Grido'' is a 1957 film by Creator/MichelangeloAntonioni. Its English name is ''The Cry''. This movie is uncharacteristic for him in that here he follows the path of a disaffected blue-collar worker. Aldo, the protagonist, discovers that his lover of many years has no intention of marrying him after her husband dies. He beats her and their relationship is broken. Aldo with their common daughter leaves Goriano and sets out in search of the better lot. On his way he meets several women.
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5	''Il Grido'' won the Golden Leopard, a top award on the Locarno International Film Festival of the same year.
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7	!! Tropes:
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9	* {{AntiHero}}: Aldo. While he doesn't qualify for a villain his actions don't make him a clear hero.
10	* {{Bookends}}: Film begins and ends in Goriano, a small town. Inbetween the hero wanders through the Po valley.
11	* CapitalismIsBad: Subverted. The government is going to replace a sugar refinery by an aerodrome leading to the discontent of the local citizens resulting in strike.
12	* TheCasanova: Aldo sleeps with several woman he meets however his romances are usually rather joyless.
13	* CrapsackWorld: In this film Antonioni shifts his attention to the poorer classes. The sugar refinery, a source of the income for the locals in Goriano, the town where Aldo lives, is going to be closed to make place for the aerodrome.
14	* DespairEventHorizon: Aldo crosses it only at the end even though events take bad turn for him repeatedly throughout the film.
15	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Aldo]].
16	* DownerEnding: Aldo [[spoiler: throws himself off the tower.]]
17	* ItsNotYouItsMe: Irma says to Aldo asking him to stop their relationship that it is her fault that she wants to quit.
18	* LargeHam: The protagonist is arguably that.
19	* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Here Antonioni revels in contemplating Po valley landscapes.
20	* OneWordTitle
21	* SceneryPorn: In this particular case the valley of Po which looks rather gloomy but still impressive.
22	* TheScream: The titular cry is let out by Irma when [[spoiler: Aldo commits suicide or incidentally falls off the refinery tower.]]
23	* TheTower: Refinery tower. Aldo used to work there. [[spoiler: In the end he falls off it.]]
24	* UntranslatedTitle
25	* WalkingTheEarth: Aldo wanders around in the valley of Po.
26	* WorkingClassHero: In this film Aldo is closer to the AntiHero.
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Context Film / Ilgrido